Quote Originally Posted by World's End Stella View Post
I had a rather robust exchange with his Royal Highness Ian of Harvey on Facebook about the banking crisis. No matter how hard I tried I could never get him to understand, or at least admit he understood, that the banks who lent irresponsibly were lending to people who were borrowing irresponsibly, and that those people were also to blame.

Nope, it was the banks. People, provided they are working class, are always the victims. I expect Jeremy and Ian would get along famously.
The banks are supposed to do checks so they don't lend to people who are borrowing irresponsibly... that is why it has all been tightened up as they weren't doing the checks